粵

鐵tit3腕wun2

simp铁腕
tit3 wun2tiě wàn

English

  1. iron fist (of the state)
  2. iron hand; iron-fisted (rule)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 強硬嘅管治；嚴密嘅控制

Examples

  • 鐵腕政策

    despotism

  • 鐵腕治國

    to rule the country with iron hands

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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